DarkEden is a massively multiplayer online role-playingcomputer game developed and published by Softon. It is the first MMORPG in the horror genre. There are multiple versions of the game: Korean, Thai, Japanese and International. The Korean version was the first version to be released which was then followed by the International version, then the other versions came out after that.
History
The International version was the most popular due to the fact that it was free to play and was in English. But because the game was never updated or patched, the use of hacks and game exploits grew, which resulted in the Delete Era.
Most players having had their characters deleted have now stopped playing the game and only a few still remain playing the International Edition. Thus, most have moved on to other versions or private servers.
The International Edition originally started out as a Free Trial Beta but after only afew minor updates, the game developers focused all their attention on improving the Korean version and abandoned work on the International edition. Many people believe that the Developers will make a come back and fix the game, but unfortunately it will never happen at this point in time. The game has been left unfinished and is missing many key features that would make the game otherwise more enjoyable.
Some of the major problems with the game are:
Most of the game is translated into English and what is translated has many obvious spelling and grammar mistakes.(The International website has the same problem of poorly translated text)
Missing skills and spells
The absence of any missions/quests apart from just raising your characters level
An inferior anti-hack program, nProtect Gameguard
No form of support/contact with the people responsible for running and operating the game (devlopers/adminstrators/moderators)
Playable areas included with the game but are unaccessable
Story
Vampires were never well know for they lived in the darkness, emerging at night only to feed, slowly massing their numbers in secert. But over the past week, hoards of Vampires have swept over the land and have killed over a 1/3 of the country's population.
The Government has declared Code 66615 and war has been declared on the Vampires. In cooperation with the Vatican, Rosen Croits
Knights, U.S Army and Navy, the armed forces will secure back the country and retake it as all human, once again human blood will be the dominate beings!
Races
There are two playable races in the international version (Slayer and Vampire), and an additional race in the other versions (Ouster).
Slayer
The human military, can choose to be one of five classes or a mix, Blade, Sword, Gun, Heal or Enchant. Each class can go from level 1-150, gaining spells usually every 5 levels. Levels are gained from gathering experience points from attacking monsters or Vampires, once a certain limit has been reached you advance to the next level.
Slayer Classes
Blader
Specializes in dealing very-high damage while still having moderate defense. The most powerfulest unit in the entire game, nothing can match the damage inflicted by a Blader. Usually the unit in a party to quickly attack and kill single units quickly. Their main attribute is Strength.
SworderFile:Slayer Roahm.jpgA Slayer Sworder using the spell Wide Lightning on a hoard of monsters at Raohm
Specializes in dealing high damage while retaining high defense. While not as powerful as a Blader, a Sworder more then makes up for less attack with alot of defense. Usually the leader of a party due to the fact a Sworder can take the most punishment out of any class. Their main attribute is Strength.
Gunman
Specializes in defense while dealing moderate damage. Uses all sorts of weapons like Submachine Guns, Assault Rifles, Sniper Rifles and Shotguns. As well as being able to plant landmines and throw grenades. The Gunmans main role in a party is to defend support units and support the frontline units. The popularity of the Speed Hack has made Gunman quite useless so it is rare to see one in action. Their main attribute is Dexterity.
Healer
Specializes in all kinds of healing and resurrection, its major drawback is that its really vulnerable on the frontlines due to its low hitpoints. A cleric that uses powerful healing spells and can even resurrect fallen soldiers, a must have for long skirmishs. Their main attribute is Intelligence.
Enchanter
Specializes in religious magic and casting buffs, unlike the Healer a Enchanter can hold its own on the frontline. This clearic uses devine powers to reveal invisible Vampires making it a very useful class and their offensive spells are quite potent. This is by far the most popular class on Dark Eden because it can gain levels incredibly fast. Their main attribute is Intelligence.
Vampire
The bloodsucking scourge, Vampires are generally alot stronger then Slayers and are alot easier to train up. A player would normaly have to play intensely for months to achieve the highest level(150), but through the use of hacks, it can be done in a mere day. Due to this Vampires are more popular and the ratio for Vampire players to Slayer players is more or less 3:1. There are no designated classes for Vampires because you can allocate your Ability Points as you see fit, however certain configurations are commonlly used, which are listed below.
Vampire Classes
These are the most popular configurations for Vampires:
Mage
This is a 2:1 INT/DEX ratio that works well by providing the player with a strong magical ability yet a decent amount of defense and minimal cooldown for spells. Most common for a Vampire choosing Magic as their main form of offense, not quite as popular now due to the Speed Hack though.
Warrior
This is a 2:1 STR/DEX ratio that provides the player with a strong attack and a large amount of hitpoints, the added Dexterity allows the Vampire to remain accurate and have a high rate of HP regeneration. This was the most popular for a player that wanted to deal strictkly in melee combat, however this class was preceded by the Pure STR class.
Pure STR
This is where all ability points are used on the strength attribute. The player is a walking behemoth dealing massize amounts of damage, having godlike hitpoints and the defense of a tank. This is by far the most popular type, due to the Speed Hack, of Vampire because it can basically kill anything without dying and is very easy to master.
Pure INT
This class remains just as popular as before and after hacking was introduced. The Vampire has devastating magicical abilities but is very vulnerable to attack, its low defense and HP regeneration suffer from having no DEX or STR. This class is mostly used as a means of attacking another Vampire without becoming Evil, so it isnt very sought after.
Yam
This class adds equal points to every attribute resulting in it not being strong in any area and not being weak in another. The "all rounder" of the Vampire class, Yam is mostly used by beginners playing Dark Eden for the first time, not really knowing what to do with their stat points.
Ouster
NOTE: Ouster is not available in the International version of the game.
Ousters are the "in between" race of Vampires and Slayers. At the beginning of the character creation, you get 15 points and are allowed to add them as you please. The lowest stat point you can have is 10. In this race, there are generally 2 categories, namely, Elemental and Combat Ousters. Both have their own separate skill tables and Elemental Ousters use Wristlets as weapons while Combat Ousters use Chakrams as weapons.
Ouster Builds
Elemental
In the Elemental table, you can learn a combination of Elements but allowing the skills to work depends on the type of Elemental Stones and their levels.
Fire
The offensive magic of the trio, it specialises in damage and area attacks. Supposedly, one of the ousters that level the fastest.
Water
Dealing the least damage of the three, it is very much like the Slayer's version of the Healer. This Ouster works best as a support during battle.
Earth
Similar to the Slayer's version of Enchanter, it is able to detect invisible Vampires and does average damage.
Int/Dex Build (Dex:240/Int:Remainder)
The popular build of Elemental Ousters,it is like the Vampire's Int/Dex build but the reasons are different. This build is to give Elemental Ousters a decent amount of Defence to gain higher evasion rate while being able to do a good amount of damage.
Int Build (Int:All Points)
This would no doubt maximize the skills potential but the side effect is that they are very much considerably weaker
and are most likely to perish when fighting a bunch of enemies.
Str/Int Build (Str:Variable/Int:Variable)
This is the most uncommon of the 3 builds and it focuses on reducing the enemies damage instead of evading them. This build is only be recommended for Fire Ousters although the Int/Dex is preferred.
Combat
This type of Ousters do not have sub groups and are not restricted to using Elemental Stones to use their skills(except for certain passive skills) unlike the Elemental Ousters. Certain skills only work well under their own builds. As such, it is not recommended to learn all skills except skills that would benefit your own build.
Str/Dex Build (Dex:Variable/Str:Variable)
In this build, the skills do a wide range of damage and is therefore unpredictable. However, they take the most damage during a battle with the other races. It is also supposed to be difficult to level using this build.
Dex Build (Dex:All Points)
The most used build, it does not do much damage but depend largely on their passive skill(Bless Fire) to give additional damage to their enemy. It is said that Combat Ousters using this build level the fastest and are good fighters against the other races.
Hacking
Since the international version of the game has never had any updates or patches, nor will it, any bugs that people find in the game will not be fixed. Most of the hacks/exploits are simple to do which has contributed to their popularity. Almost all dacking is done using a simple packet editing program to duplicate and manipulate the games packets to achieve a desired result.
There are even elite hackers that disrupt gameplay by IP banning(banning a person from logging in by their IP address) a person for a certain amount of time. They have even been know to delete characters in mere seconds, even name hacked characters.
Known Hack/Exploits
Known hacks/exploits out there are:
Delete Hack: Its more of an exploit, but commonly referred to as Delete Hacking. An individual can actully delete your character from your account without knowing your password, username or even private number. All they need is your characters name and they can delete it in a matter of minutes.
Name Hack: In a an effort to avoid getting deleted, people began using Korean symbols and ASCII symbols in their characters name to prevent becoming a victim of an Delete Hacker. This only makes it alot harder and more time consuming to delete someone, but it is still possible to delete someone that has been hexxxed, as it is referred to ingame. Eg. of a name hacked character 홈Wiki지
Colour Hack: Not as destructive as as the other hacks listed, this hack changes your characters skin colour to an abnormal colour. Green and red are most popular.
DC(Disconnect) Hack: This is the biggest loophole in the game, using a really simple bug in the game, an indiviual can disconect absolutly everybody from the server. It has been known for people to DC Hack for an entire day preventing anybody from playing.
Speed Hack: This is the most common hack in Dark Eden International, 95% of players speed hack. It basically speeds up the entire game so that a player attacks faster, moves faster and casts spells faster. Speed hacking is now considered as normal gameplay.
The Delete Era
Known mostly to veterans of Dark Eden, the Delete Era was the period of time that the Delete Hack first went public. It was during the middle of 2006 that someone posted on the official DE forums and spammed ingame about how to delete hack peoples characters. Thousands of characters were deleted in a single day and there was nothing anybody could do about it, and it only kept growing.
As peoples characters got deleted, they would then seek vengence and delete someone elses character. This chain kept going until not a single decent character remained. Good items are now much rarer to find let alone purchase because noone has any.
Even now, if someone who hasnt played for a long time logs in to play, they are most likly deleted within minutes.
